July 2014
The hypersonic grail: advances at DARPA, AFRL and beyond
..., called the Hypersonic Space and Global Transportation System (HSGTS), include: a 100 per cent reusable TSTO launch vehicle; takes off and lands horizontally; air-breathing propulsion on both stages; - Mach 4 turbine engines on the first...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... satellites in the interests of national security. A serious challenge may originate via new Chinese, Indian, and Japanese launch vehicles. SpaceX’s competitors, ULA chief among them, argue that government organisations should not rely on SpaceX due...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
...-offs. Opportunities come in three basic varieties: dedicated launch vehicles, secondary launches and nanolaunchers. A dedicated launch is when a customer purchases rights to an entire launch vehicle and has complete control of the orbit, schedule...
November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
...includes the Columbus/ISS project and the Cassini/Huygens mission. David has a keen interest in reusable launch vehicles, having worked as a propulsion engineer at Rolls-Royce and then as a system engineer at British Aerospace on the HoToL spaceplane...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
...Royce RB545 engine, destined for use on the HOTOL reusable launch vehicle which was cancelled in the late 1980s. These ‘three...will facilitate the design of new classes of air and space launch vehicles. Twice as fast as the fastest jet engine and five ...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... the circa US$600 million in losses for the year. Maiden and early flight record for new launch vehicles launched since 1990 (with two or more new/radically modified stages). It is not just spacecraft operators and manufacturers...
